基本

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Chinese

base; foundation; basic
base; foundation; basic; (chemistry) radical
 
roots or stems of plants; origin; source
roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
 
simp. and trad.
(基本) 		基 本

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 基 本
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 居之切 布忖切
Baxter ki pwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɨ/ /puənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɨ/ /puonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kie/ /puənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɨ/ /pwənX/
Li
Rong 		/kiə/ /puənX/
Wang
Li 		/kĭə/ /puənX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ki/ /puənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jī běn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gei1 bun2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 基 本
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jī běn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ki › ‹ pwonX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k(r)ə/ /*C.pˁəʔ/
English base (n.) tree trunk

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 基 本
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9930 473
Phonetic
component 		其 本
Rime
group 		之 文
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		姬 本
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯ/ /*pɯːnʔ/

Noun

基本

  1. basis; root; fundament

Synonyms

Adjective

基本

  1. basic; fundamental; elementary; rudimentary
    基本詞彙／基本词汇  ―  jīběn cíhuì  ―  basic vocabulary
    基本假設／基本假设  ―  jīběn jiǎshè  ―  basic assumption
    馬克思主義基本原理 [MSC, trad.]
    马克思主义基本原理 [MSC, simp.]
    mǎkèsīzhǔyì jīběn yuánlǐ
    the basic principles of Marxism
    申請入黨的基本條件 [MSC, trad.]
    申请入党的基本条件 [MSC, simp.]
    shēnqǐng rùdǎng de jīběn tiáojiàn
    basic requirements for applying for party membership
  2. important; essential; main

Synonyms

Adverb

基本

  1. overall; on the whole; generally; more or less; in the main

Synonyms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (基本):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
基 本
き
Grade: 5 		ほん
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

Noun

基(き)本(ほん) • (kihon) 

  1. basis, foundation
  2. (martial arts) kihon

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References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
基本

Noun

基本 • (gibon) (hangeul 기본)

  1. hanja form? of 기본 (“basis, foundation”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
基本

Noun

基本

  1. chữ Hán form of cơ bản (“basic; essential; fundamental”).

Adverb

基本

  1. chữ Hán form of cơ bản (“basically; essentially”).
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